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diff --git a/docs/installing/email.md b/docs/installing/email.md index b3514d719..0a954302c 100644 --- a/docs/installing/email.md +++ b/docs/installing/email.md @@ -208,15 +208,24 @@ Finally, edit `/etc/aliases` to replace `team` with `real_team`: real_team: user@example.com, otheruser@example.com user-support: team - -### Logging +#### Logging For the postfix logs to be successfully read by the script `load-mail-server-logs`, they need to be log rotated with a date in the filename. Since that will create a lot of rotated log files (one for -each day), it's good to have them in their own directory. For example -(in `/etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf` on Ubuntu, or -`/etc/rsyslog.conf` on Debian), set: +each day), it's good to have them in their own directory. + +You'll also need to tell Alaveteli where the log files are stored and that they're in postfix +format. Update +[`MTA_LOG_PATH`]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/config/#mta_log_path) and +[`MTA_LOG_TYPE`]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/config/#mta_log_type) in `config/general.yml` with: + + MTA_LOG_PATH: '/var/log/mail/mail.log-*' + MTA_LOG_TYPE: "postfix" + +##### Debian + +In `/etc/rsyslog.conf`, set: mail.* -/var/log/mail/mail.log @@ -237,13 +246,29 @@ And also edit `/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog`: endscript } -You'll also need to tell Alaveteli where the log files are stored and that they're in postfix -format. Update -[`MTA_LOG_PATH`]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/config/#mta_log_path) and -[`MTA_LOG_TYPE`]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/config/#mta_log_type) in `config/general.yml` with: +##### Ubuntu + +In `/etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf` set: + + mail.* -/var/log/mail/mail.log + +And also edit `/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog`: + + /var/log/mail/mail.log + { + rotate 30 + daily + dateext + missingok + notifempty + compress + delaycompress + sharedscripts + postrotate + reload rsyslog >/dev/null 2>&1 || true + endscript + } - MTA_LOG_PATH: '/var/log/mail/mail.log-*' - MTA_LOG_TYPE: "postfix" #### Making the changes live |